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Psalm 37:4
Excerpted from: What Kind of Life Do You Want?This seems to say that as long as we take delight in God—we call Him “Lord” and proclaim our love to Him—then He will give us whatever we want. But that misses the foundational condition of the first part of the verse. In the rush to claim the promise that God will give them the desires of their heart, many miss the fact that truly and fully delighting in the LORD fundamentally changes the desires of the heart. If we delight in the LORD, we will come into His presence sincerely and frequently. And being in His presence changes us, and changes what is important to us, and changes what we desire.
When God is the object of our life, and when we experience that joy, delight, and peace are found in His presence—when that is what we delight in, then that is what God gives us. When He is the desire of our heart, He gives us life with Him.
Psalm 37:4-5
Excerpted from: Simplifying Life (Part Five)The promise from Almighty God of delight simplifies our life when we align our focus with God's will, ensuring that the Sabbath will bring reward rather than restriction, thereby enhancing our spiritual and emotional well-being. My third favorite verse in the Bible, in Psalm 37, highlights this principle.
Personally, I interpret that as a solemn promise from Almighty God that He will profoundly simplify our lives if we yield and submit to Him, wrapping ourselves in holy spiritual law. I will now scroll ahead to Proverbs 16.
I prefer a continuous, smooth pathway to one perpetually dominated by obstacles. Scrolling down to Proverbs 22:5, we learn that:
Psalm 37:4-5
Excerpted from: Prayer and PersistenceThat is a promise that cannot be broken, because God has set Himself to it. But be persistent, understanding that He is going to take us through the process to produce most of the things that we request of Him. All along the way, He is going to supply our need so that we gain a great deal more from that request than we ever dreamed possible.
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